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Quiz of The Week: 14 - 20 December
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3. A trial of what form of autonomous transport has been cancelled in Scotland due to low uptake?
Bus
Taxi
Tram
Train
4. Which invasive species with a deadly sting has been eradicated from the US, five years after the first sighting?
Spider wasp
Africanised honeybee
Northern giant hornet
Eastern yellowjacket
5. A novella by which 19th-century Russian author has become an unexpected viral sensation on TikTok?
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Tolstoy
Pushkin
Chekhov
Dostoevsky
6. Which actor received the US Navy's top civilian honour?
Clint Eastwood
Tom Cruise
Dwayne Johnson
Brad Pitt
7. The Chinese businessman and friend of Prince Andrew deemed a national security risk was referred to by what codename?
T1
C9
H6
R3
8. Australian breakdancer Raygun has reached an agreement to allow what kind of show, inspired by her Olympic viral fame?
A musical comedy
An opera
A ballet
A puppet show
9. Which model plays Elton John in a new video for his 1973 Christmas classic "Step Into Christmas"?
Gigi Hadid
Cara Delevingne
Kate Moss
Chloë Sevigny
10. A state of emergency has been declared in which US state after a series of bird flu outbreaks?
Louisiana
Minnesota
California
Washington
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1. A cave
Piana was one of a team of speleologists – scientists who study caves – mapping an unexplored area of the Abisso Bueno Fonteno cave system near Bergamo, when she fell several metres, sustaining multiple fractures. In a complex operation involving 150 rescue workers, she was finally brought to safety and is currently recovering in hospital.
2. Honda and Nissan
In a joint statement, the brands said they were "considering various possibilities for future collaboration, but no decisions have been made". If a merger goes ahead, the resulting company would be the world's third-largest carmaker by production and sales.
3. Bus
The 14-mile route between Edinburgh and Fife was operated by a fleet of five self-driving buses, although each one included a human driver at the wheel in case of emergencies. However, the £6 million project, which began in May, is to wind down due to low passenger numbers.
4. Northern giant hornet
The first giant hornet, also known as a "murder hornet", was spotted in Washington in 2019. "More than 1,000 'citizen scientists'" and state specialists tracked down and trapped the hornets to eradicate their nests. The last confirmed sighting was in 2021.
5. Dostoevsky
"White Nights" has blown up on #booktok, more than 170 years after it was first published. It's unclear exactly how the novella first attracted attention on the platform, but The Guardian suspects that its theme of loneliness and readable length make it appealing to contemporary readers.
6. Tom Cruise
The actor was given the Distinguished Public Service Award during a ceremony at Longcross Studios in Surrey in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to the Navy and the Marine Corps" for his work in "Top Gun" and other films.
7. H6
Yang Tengbo, whose identity was finally revealed on Monday, was banned from the UK last week. Yang had appealed a decision last year to expel him, but an appeals court upheld the verdict, saying the then home secretary, Suella Braverman, was "entitled to conclude" that he posed a risk to national security.
8. A musical comedy
The dancer, real name Rachael Gunn, had taken legal action to block the staging of comedian Steph Broadbridge's show "Raygun: The Musical". However, the pair have now come to an agreement that will allow the performance to go ahead, under the name "Breaking the Musical".
9. Cara Delevingne
The model said Elton John was an "idol" of hers and that being approached to don his signature get-up for the recreation was a "dream that I didn’t know I had until it happened". The clip is a whimsical riff on the original, framed as a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of the 1973 video.
10. California
Governor Gavin Newsomdeclared a state of emergency as H5N1 avian flu outbreaks spread southwards from dairies in the state's Central Valley. The proclamation came after federal health officials reported the nation's first severe bird flu infection in a Louisiana resident.
